The thousands of empty bright-orange seats were embarrassingly conspicuous to fans all over the world watching TV coverage of the second game in soccer’s premier event.
The 32 teams for the 2018 Fifa World Cup have been confirmed. Take a look at all the teams who will play in Russia and the pots for the 2018 World Cup draw.
The victory lifted the United States into third place in the six-team CONCACAF group, above Panama, who started the day a point ahead of them.
Fifa unveiled the timetable of its delayed bidding process for the 2026 World Cup yesterday.
Infantino is on a four-day tour of Russia & Qatar who will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups respectively.
Its World Cup budget has been repeatedly slashed and was limited to $9.38 billion February.
Russia has been forced to trim spending because of economic problems
Fifa Secretary General Jerome Valcke says the $10 million payment was above board.
If evidence emerges of bribery, Russia and Qatar will both be stripped of their hosting rights.
Fikile Mbalula says the $10m paid to Concacaf was not taxpayers' money nor a bribe, but procedural process.
New PE Mayor Danny Jordaan has announced municipality officials will have to cut down on costs.
The statement from Visa was the strongest so far as sponsors lined up to express concern about the scandal.
Adidas and Coca-Cola are calling on Fifa to increase transparency and resolve the controversy.
The US AG confirmed that a top SA bid official is being investigated for bribery.
The implementation of the new system is particularly apt as racism is rife in Russian soccer.
A FIFA task force meets for the third and final time in Doha on Tuesday.
This follows a public disagreement between the ethics judge and investigator into the 2018/2022 bid process.
He would be the third candidate in the race with the incumbent Sepp Blatter.
